Joseph J. Gillespie

Origins of cin: Lateral Gene Transfer of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Nuclease Operon to Orientia tsutsugamushi

The paper demonstrates that a cytoplasmic incompatibility operon from Wolbachia has laterally transferred to Orientia tsutsugamushi and can induce CI in Drosophila, supporting the toxin-antidote model of CI.

Modelling Emergence of Wolbachia Toxin-Antidote Protein Functions with an Evolutionary Algorithm.

This paper uses an evolutionary algorithm to model the emergence of Wolbachia toxin-antidote protein functions and identifies how different sequence features evolve under selective pressures.

Evolution of Wolbachia Mutualism and Reproductive Parasitism: Insight from Two Novel Strains that Co-infect Cat Fleas

The paper reports the genomes of two novel Wolbachia strains co-infecting cat fleas, revealing lateral gene transfers and mechanisms for mutualism and reproductive parasitism.

A chromosome-level assembly of the cat flea genome uncovers rampant gene duplication and genome size plasticity

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly of the cat flea, revealing extensive gene duplication and genome size variation, along with novel Wolbachia strains.